PM76969: WHEN USING FILE MANAGER OPTION 3.1, UNABLE TO CREATE A SEQUENTIAL DATA SET WHEN MODELING A VSAM DATA SET

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Closed as new function.

Error description

When using File Manager option 3.1 as follows-
'Like data set' is a VSAM dataset
output data set is a sequential data set
'New Data Set Organization' selection is non-VSAM
a VSAM data set is created.

Local fix

Problem summary

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* USERS AFFECTED: All File Manager users *
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* PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: 1. When creating a data set using the *
* File Manager Create utility *
* (option 3.1) and a model data set is *
* supplied the organisation of the model *
* data set is used instead of the *
* organisation selected. *
* 2. When creating a LDS data set using *
* the File Manager Create utility *
* (option 3.1) and a model LDS data set *
* is used the attributes of the data set *
* are not populated from the attributes *
* of the model data set. *
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* RECOMMENDATION: Apply the provided PTF. *
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1. The File Manager Create and Copy utilities are using the
organisation of the model data set, if supplied, instead of the
organisation selected when creating a data set.
2. The File Manager Create and Copy utilities are ignoring the
attributes of the model LDS data set when creating a LDS data
set.

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

1. The File Manager Create and Copy utilities will use the
organisation selected and, if supplied, take any applicable
attributes from the model data set when populating the fields
in the data set allocation panel. At a minimum the record
length and record format will be populated.
2. The attributes of the model LDS data set will be used to
populate the fields in the VSAM Allocate panel for the new LDS
data set.